Scope of channel quality reporting region in a multi-carrier system

1. A method that effectuates multichannel feedback in a multichannel wireless communication environment, comprising:

defining, by a mobile device, a carrier set of carriers having first parameters from a band with a plurality of carriers including carriers having the first parameters and carriers having second parameters;

grouping, by the mobile device, a carrier into the carrier set based on the carrier having the first parameter;

measuring, by the mobile device, a channel quality of the carrier without measuring channel quality of all carriers in the carrier set; and

transmitting, from the mobile device, a channel quality indicator (CQI) for the carrier set, the CQI based at least in part on the channel quality of the carrier.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the grouping further comprises ascertaining whether the carrier employed a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmission paradigm or utilized a single input multiple output (SIMO) transmission paradigm during conveyance to an access terminal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the grouping further comprises identifying a frequency band within which the carrier is received at an access terminal.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the grouping further comprises allocating the carrier to the carrier set based at least in part on a transmission paradigm or a frequency band within which the carrier is received from a base station.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the defining further comprises creating the carrier set based at least in part on a transmission paradigm or a frequency band utilized by the carrier.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprises receiving the carrier from a serving base station.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measuring further comprises selecting a subset of the carriers included in the carrier set as representative of the carrier set.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprises identifying a single carrier associated with the carrier set, and utilizing the single carrier as representative of an entirety of carriers included in the carrier set to generate the CQI.

9. A wireless communications apparatus that effectuates or facilitates multichannel feedback in a multichannel wireless communication environment, comprising:

means for defining a carrier set of carriers having first parameters from a band with a plurality of carriers including carriers having the first parameters and carriers having second parameters;

means for grouping a carrier into the carrier set based on the carrier having the first parameter;

means for measuring a channel quality of the carrier without measuring channel quality of all carriers in the carrier set; and

means for transmitting a channel quality indicator (CQI) for the carrier set, the CQI based at least in part on the channel quality of the carrier.

10. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the means for grouping distinguishes the carrier based at least in part on a transmission mode or a frequency band within which the carrier is transmitted.

11. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the means for grouping allocates the carriers to the carrier set based at least in part on a transmission mode or a frequency band within which the carrier was transmitted.

12. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the means for defining creates the carrier set based at least in part on a transmission mode or a frequency band within which the carrier is received.

13. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the means for measuring identifies a subset of carriers associated with the carrier set as being representative of all carriers in the carrier set.

14. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the means for transmitting dispatches the CQI based on a single carrier included in the subset of carriers.

15. The wireless communications apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the CQI represents all carriers included in the carrier set.

16. A non-transitory machine readable medium, comprising:

code for defining, by a mobile device, a carrier set of carriers having first parameters from a band with a plurality of carriers including carriers having the first parameters and carriers having second parameters;

code for grouping, by the mobile device, a carrier into the carrier set based on the carrier having the first parameter;

code for measuring, by the mobile device, a channel quality of the carrier without measuring channel quality of all carriers in the carrier set; and

code for transmitting, from the mobile device, a channel quality indicator (CQI) for the carrier set, the CQI based on the channel quality of the carrier.

17. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises code for distinguishing between the carrier being received utilizing a first transmission mode or a second transmission mode.

18. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises code for distinguishing between the carrier being transmitted in a first frequency band or a second frequency band.

19. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises code for creating the carrier set based at least in part on the carrier being transmitted utilizing a first transmission mode or a second transmission mode.

20. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises code for creating the carrier set based at least in part on the carrier being received in a first frequency band or a second frequency band.

21. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises code for determining the CQI from a subset of carriers included in the carrier set, the subset of carriers are representative of all carriers in the carrier set.

22. A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:

a processor configured to:

define a carrier set of carriers having first parameters from a band with a plurality of carriers including carriers having the first parameters and carriers having second parameters;

group a carrier into the carrier set based on the carrier having the first parameter;

measure a channel quality of the carrier without measuring channel quality of all carriers in the carrier set; and

transmit a channel quality indicator (CQI) for the carrier set, the CQI based at least in part on the channel quality of the carrier; and

a memory operably connected to said processor.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the processor is further configured to group a carrier into the carrier set by ascertaining whether the carrier employed a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmission paradigm or utilized a single input multiple output (SIMO) transmission paradigm during conveyance to an access terminal.

24. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the processor is further configured to group a carrier into the carrier set by identifying a frequency band within which the carrier is received at an access terminal.

25. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the processor is further configured to group a carrier into the carrier set by allocating the carrier to the carrier set based at least in part on a transmission paradigm or a frequency band within which the carrier is received from a base station.

26. The method of claim 22 , wherein the processor is further configured to define a carrier set by creating the carrier set based at least in part on a transmission paradigm or a frequency band utilized by the carrier.

27. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive the carrier from a serving base station.

28. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the processor is further configured to measure a channel quality of the carrier by selecting a subset of the carriers included in the carrier set as representative of the carrier set.

29. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the processor is further adapted to identify a single carrier associated with the carrier set, and utilize the single carrier as representative of an entirety of carriers included in the carrier set to generate the CQI.